The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Spring 2026

meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

GPSG Ball 2026

The ticket request period has now closed. All attendees who RSVP’d will receive additional details from GPSG soon.

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Events Around Campus

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Uncle Vanya

Sunday, April 19, 2026 2:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.
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Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo

Sunday, April 19, 2026 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

The Drawing Salon focuses on drawing artworks from the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different artwork. The sessions will begin with an introduction and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the artworks in the gallery.

Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are the only artmaking materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers and clipboards for participants to use. Stools...

Key Change: Brahms and His Piano Legacy, Concert #6

Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Key Change: Brahms and His Piano Legacy, Concert #6

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Double Bass Studio Recital

Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Double Bass Studio Recital / Orhon

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled

Senior Recital: Sophie Good, soprano

Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Sophie Good, soprano

This concert is free and open to the public.

Corridor Brass Quintet Recital

Sunday, April 19, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Corridor Brass Quintet Recital

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Center for New Music Ensemble Concert IV

Sunday, April 19, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

The Center for New Music will premiere new works by University of Iowa student composers.

More concert details can be viewed here on the Center for New Music website: https://cnm.uiowa.edu/

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts...

Recital: Matheus Souza, horn

Sunday, April 19, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Matheus Souza, horn

Matheus Souza, Horn
Alejandro Jimenez, Piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Iowa men's golf hosts Hawkeye Invitational

Monday, April 20 to Tuesday, April 21, 2026 (all day)
Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
The Iowa men's golf team hosts the Hawkeye Invitational.

Introduction to ChatGPT Edu: Key Features and Best Practices

Monday, April 20, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
An introductory training to ChatGPT Edu

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Andrew Goodman-Bacon

Monday, April 20, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Andrew Goodman-Bacon is a Principal Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

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Sustainability Lecture Series: Land Use, Policy, and Climate Innovation

Monday, April 20, 2026 11:30am
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

The Sustainability Lecture Series is an interdisciplinary forum of practicing professionals. The conversation will demonstrate real work in land use planning, environmental governance, and climate innovation to help students understand how their future careers can impact sustainability. The panelists cover a broad range of expertise from Environmental Studies, Urban Planning, and Law.

Participants will:

· Understand sustainability as a systems issue

· Recognize the link between land use and climate...

Free Market

Monday, April 20, 2026 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Hubbard Park

The Free Market is like a campus garage sale and is an opportunity for students to donate or take items, free of charge. Items include clothing, books, small decor, and anything that isn't electronic. Hosted by the Environmental Coalition student organization (@envirocoalition_iowa)

ACS X LRJ Event

Monday, April 20, 2026 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building
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Maximizing Pivot to Find Funding and Collaborators (April 2026)

Monday, April 20, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.

Register here. The RDO will send a calendar invitation and Zoom link upon registration.

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Garlic Mustard Pull and Cleanup

Monday, April 20, 2026 3:30pm to 5:30pm
University of Iowa Arboretum

Join us in caring for the Campus Arboretum! Help remove invasive garlic mustard and pick up litter to keep our natural spaces healthy and beautiful. This hands-on event is a great way to support campus sustainability, enjoy time outdoors, and learn more about local ecosystems. The cleanup will take place in the wooded area on the northeast side of the Hancher footbridge.

Please wear closed‑toe shoes and long pants for safety. Gloves will be provided, and no prior experience is needed, just bring...

Biostatistics Seminar: Dr. Fan Li

Monday, April 20, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
College of Public Health Building
Please join the Department of Biostatistics for our final lecture of the semester: Dr. Fan Li, Professor of Statistics with a secondary appointment in Biostatistics and Informatics, Duke University, will present her research April 20th, 2026, from 3:30pm to 4:20pm in C217 CPHB.

Spring 2026 Basic Self-Defense Course

Monday, April 20, 2026 5:00pm to 9:00pm
University Capitol Centre
Spring 2026 Women's Basic Self-Defense Course
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Playwrights Workshop Reading: A Thing for the Stage

Monday, April 20, 2026 5:30pm
Theatre Building

A Thing for the Stage
A Play in Three Acts (More or Less)

By Randy Jackson-Alvarenga

A theatre.
A company on the verge of implosion.
And one night that refuses to end.

What happens when the work we do haunts us, and the space refuses to let go.

Please be advised this play contains discussions of death and grief, ghosts and the afterlife, questions of identity and belonging, and the joys and pressures of a life in the theatre.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of...

UI Jazz: Black Combo

Monday, April 20, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

UI Jazz: Black Combo

Click here for program.

Jazz Quintet (Saxophone, French Horn, Piano, Bass, Drums)

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Cinematic Connections in a Polarized World: How movies bring us together

Tuesday, April 21 to Thursday, April 23, 2026 (all day)
Old Capitol Museum
The 2026 Provost’s Global Forum, Cinematic Connections in a Polarized World: How movies bring us together, will bring together experts from across the University of Iowa campus, the greater Iowa City area, and around the world for film screenings, keynote talks, and lively conversations about how movies foster connection across cultural, religious and generational divides.
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Iowa men's golf hosts Hawkeye Invitational

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 (all day)
Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
The Iowa men's golf team hosts the Hawkeye Invitational.
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LaTeX Accessibility with MathJax and Pressbooks

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

LaTeX markup language is an efficient and powerful way to prepare mathematical equations and formulae to share with others, but PDF outputs of LaTeX don't meet important accessibility standards. This training will demonstrate how to transform your LaTeX files into HTML, use MathJax to make them more accessible, and share them with others in the Pressbooks platform.

Register for event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and...

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Generative AI 101: Foundations and Use Cases

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
This introductory training will help participants learn about generative AI in practice
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